Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “peg-”

169 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European peg- — including parapet, pectoral, Prieto, pectus, punkah, expectorate, poitrine, subpectoral.

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English (24)

Spanish (19)

Irish (13)

Portuguese (12)

Telugu (10)

Hindi (7)

French (6)

Latin (6)

Italian (5)

Catalan (4)

Gujarati (4)

Old Portuguese (4)

Sanskrit (3)

Galician (3)

Aromanian (3)

Old French (3)

Romansch (3)

Romanian (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Urdu (2)

Polish (2)

Old Irish (2)

Assamese (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Late Latin (2)

Middle French (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Friulian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Romani (1)

Malayalam (1)

Sicilian (1)

Istriot (1)

Asturian (1)

Burmese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Sylheti (1)

Sauraseni Prakrit (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Persian (1)

Ladino (1)

Classical Latin (1)

Walloon (1)

Norman (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)